We all hope that one day the Mariners’ season will be more exciting and newsworthy than the offseason.  However, we are where we are and today the Mariners were in the news for a variety of reasons that don’t actually involve playing games: Probably the biggest Mariners story of the day was former closer/current injured [...]

Hey, way to go, Cardinals. Moving on… Welcome to the offseason.  We’ve got a lot to go over between now and Spring Training but first be sure to check out some of our hot stove articles from the past couple months. Back in August, Brendan gave us his reasons why the Mariners should stay away [...]

Shannon Drayer wrote a post about Brendan Ryan the other day.  It was interesting, but I wound up taking away almost as much about Dustin Ackley. “You can’t try to come up with something mechanically to fix every day,” he said. “This offseason will be about developing an everyday routine, something that puts me in [...]

So that was fun huh? It’s hard to compare one World Series to another (particularly ones that were played before I was born) but I feel pretty comfortable saying that this year’s series was at least the best one since 2001, if not before that. Game six in particular was crazy: that game was right [...]

In a Major League career that began during the Reagan administration, Jamie Moyer has logged over 4000 innings in the world’s most competitive league.  He has pitched for several of the most storied baseball franchises.  He was a 20 game winner as a key component to the winningest team in baseball history.  He has been to the [...]

These words will not make any sense.  This game didn’t make any sense, so, accordingly, coverage of the game should not make any sense. ___ It’s god damned hard for us to extricate ourselves from the present. People do not have the ability to view events as they occur through some almighty perspective control lens. [...]

The date was April 20, 1990.  I remember the moment all too clearly: the ball hit sharply, perhaps a little too much so.  I saw Henry Cotto sprint toward the wall, watched his neck crane upward, felt my stomach sink.  The Mariners, who had never had so much as a no-hitter, saw a perfect game [...]

James Paxton has plus stuff, so his command and control will likely determine whether he’s a #4 or #2 starter. I’m optimistic, and here’s why: (warning picture)